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Elsie Said:

Solar panels for home in No Cal. How much does it cost?

We Answered:

I'm not there, so the best answer I could give is:
Look in your local newspaper and yellow pages and look for locals who specialize in this type of work. If anything like Indiana, we almost all will be glad to come inspect your home and give a free estimate. That would be your best bet on learning the answer to this question.
Go Green!

Stella Said:

How to install solar panels at home without lots of extra wiring.?

We Answered:

They don't really produce enough electricity to sell to the National grid. I assume you're in the UK. A better bet is panels that heat water using the heat of the sun. In winter the water coming off the mains is close to freezing, warm it up before it goes in to your hot water tank and that will save energy and much cheaper than solar panels that produce electricity. I assume you are turning your computer off when not needed. Turning your TV off instead of leaving it on standby. Using low energy light bulbs. Wearing warm clothing in winter and turning the heating down a little. Driving only when you have to? Saving energy is usually better than producing it. I'm quite interested in these new "bright" LEDs - they are really efficient at producing light. I find "low energy" light bulbs are useless for many applications. Like I can't see to read! Leds may replace them soon. I had LEDs for my Christmas lights and they were efficient and controllable.

Dorothy Said:

What's the story with solar panels for home? Any ideas or suggestions. I live in the southwest lots of sun.

We Answered:

You may want to hold off buying for a while....there's a new technology for them being developed call "thin-cell" solar which may cut the costs for them in half to 1/3 per watt produced. It uses other materials than silicon like cadmium-telluride and others.
http://welcome.colostate.edu/features/av…

Jesse Said:

Where can I buy solar panels for my home?

We Answered:

go on line there are piles of them don't forget wind energy check out Jay Leno's home and garage he is going right of the grid with his power and he has the name of the companies he buys from there was an article in Popular Mechanics awhile back on it